"Bailey!" Cody shouted as soon as he saw his longtime friend and ex-girlfriend.
"Cody!" She called back with a smile as she walked towards him, "How are you?" She asked as she embraced him in a tight hug.
"I'm good, how have you been?" Cody said with a smile as he sat back down into the little booth.
"Oh, I've been good, same old same old I guess."
"Well it's amazing seeing you again, so how is the kiddo doing?"
"Oh, he's good, his father and I just split up though." Bailey said with a small sigh as she pulled a picture of her three year old son out of her purse.
"I'm so sorry to hear that," Cody said though he was secretly relived to hear that she had split from that jerk.
"Here's a picture of Mitchell, he looks just like Moose."
"No he doesn't, he looks more like you than Moose." Cody said as he picked up the picture and looked at the picture of the little boy. He had Bailey's eyes and hair color, the only thing Moose-like at all was his smile.
"Thanks, so how's Cailey?" Bailey asked as she took back the picture of her son and placed it in her purse.
"Cailey's good," Cody said as he turned to hide his slight blush that splattered his cheeks. Bailey didn't know that he had named her Cailey due to the fact that Cailey was a combination of Cody and Bailey.
"Do you have any pictures?"
"Yeah, here's one." Cody said as he handed the picture of his year old daughter to Bailey. Bailey looked at the photo of the beautiful little brunette girl and almost started crying right there on the table. She had never gotten over Cody, that was why her marriage to Moose fell apart, and here he was married to Rena. Bailey had always hated Rena, especially during Cody's short stint as the Home Ec. Teacher, and here she was married to the only man Bailey had ever loved and to top it off they had a beautiful little girl. The girl was an exact copy of Cody only in girl form and with her mother's brown hair.
"So how are things with Rena?" Bailey was able to choke out.
"Uhh, things are alright, Rena is just being her. If I am being honest, I know that we aren't going to last much longer."
"Oh I'm so sorry, why?"
"Well Rena just isn't there for Cailey and I, and I need to be fair to my daughter. She needs a mother and Rena just isn't at that place in life yet." Cody said as he grabbed the picture back from Bailey.
"I understand; it was a similar thing with Moose. He just wasn't there as a husband or as a dad and I needed to remove my child from that situation."
"Yeah, well, you're an amazing mother Bales and I know that that little boy will be raised to be the best he can be by his amazing mom."
Bailey just sat in shock as her mind registered the old nickname and the compliments. Did Cody still have feelings for her? No, she answered herself, that was an absurd thought. Cody had just slipped up that was it, Bailey said as she attempted to convince herself. On the other side of the booth, Cody had only just registered what he had said. What if she thinks I still like her? What if I do?
"Well," Bailey said as she broke the awkward silence, "I better go and pick up Mitchell from Woody and Addison's before they let him eat every piece of sugar he wants."
Cody smiled as he said, "Yeah I best be going too, Rena will be ticked off if I don't get home soon."
Bailey shuddered at that as she grabbed her coat and exited the café they had been sitting in.
"Bailey!" Cody called as he followed her outside, "You look beautiful by the way."
Bailey just continued to walk away as she let out one of her signature giggles that were reserved for Cody and Cody alone.